n : the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or
commodity future) at a given price before a given date
[syn: put option] [ant: call option]
v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the
scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a
certain point" [syn: set, place, pose, position,lay]
2: cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain
relation; "That song put me in awful good humor."
3: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, couch]
4: put something on or into (abstractly) assign; ; "She put
much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his
efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting
twist to the interpretation of the story" [syn: assign]
5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, commit,place] [ant: divest]
6: estimate: "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place,set]
7: cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the
torture"
8: adapt; "put these words to music"
9: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
schedule;" "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, order]